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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Noncommissioned officers with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group received the opportunity to spend a day in the life of their most senior leadership here, May 6.
NCOs with proven leadership abilities were selected to fill command positions across the battalion to empower them to make decisions in accordance with the commander’s overall intent. Ultimately, this allowed the NCOs to set the standard and lead the battalion for a day.
“I think that everyone should try having an NCO day,” said Sgt. Anthony Christy, a Concord, North Carolina, native and the acting commanding officer for CLB-2. “It’s a good learning experience. It teaches you a little more about your immediate leadership and, at the battalion level, what exactly leaders have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.”
The selected NCOs attended a command and staff brief with CLR-2, maintained accountability of all the Marines within the battalion, and handled all the daily tasks normally assigned to senior leadership at the battalion and company level.
“It feels good to fill this billet and take part in supervising and seeing how everything works,” said Sgt. Jason Kiernan, an East Hartford, Connecticut, native and the acting executive officer for the battalion. “As the [executive officer] you have to stay on all the companies, making sure everything is running smoothly, and whenever personal problems come up with Marines, you’re there to take care of them.”
The NCOs didn’t just tackle the jobs of the officers. Sgt. Samantha Swords, a Queens, New York, native, and career planner with CLB-2, was the acting battalion sergeant major for the day.
“Our sergeant major is a female, and she’s awesome at her job,” said Swords. “Getting to fill her position for the day gave me a chance to see everything she does on a daily basis and how she gets it all done.”
The Marines were grateful to be chosen for the leadership roles and hoped the event could be extended to multiple days in the future so they can acquire an even better understanding of everything the jobs entails.
“I’m honored that my name was even mentioned to be able to sit in this seat,” said Christy. “Out of all the other NCOs who could’ve done this, for my name to have been brought up is an honor.”
Overall, CLB-2 operations did not skip a beat in the absence of senior leadership.
“All NCOs acting in battalion and company level leadership positions made fine decisions and ultimately, gained insight to leading Marines from a higher level in the chain of command,” said Sgt. Maj. Charmalyn Pile, the sergeant major of CLB-2. “The NCOs were ready for the task and each set the standard for other Marines to follow.”
| Date Taken: | 05.06.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2014 08:30 |
| Story ID: | 129288 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US |
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